Some of the highlights (Its still officially Spring, right?)

Lucky Ladd Farms! This place is in Eagleville, TN. Its not open to the public year round, but wow! What fun! They are open from Good Friday-Late July Saturdays only. Then again mid- September for Pumpkin season. Our godson's family invited us. We have so many pictures of Simon and the kids from that day.

Our son loves his ties this summer.
A photo from my birthday. (Also the day we found out we were expecting our third, and that we had termites...God has a sense of humor apparently.)


Boy fun at the park and in the yard. The stomp rocket is awesome!


Samantha enjoying some time with Alexandra. Seeing them together again after Alexandra's struggle in the hospital was so emotional.
Pascha morning...we were so tired, the pictures I took at the feast were awful.

Girl fun at the park and at birthday parties. Samantha on her first ZIP line above! She loves to swing.

The sunset we will miss in our new home (most likely, wherever that might be).

We will close on the sale of our house July 8th. We are actively looking for a new home, but its still a tough market right now where we want to be. Hopefully we won't have to do temporary housing for too long because Samantha starts Kindergarten in MID-August. I haven't even downloaded pictures from our trip to Ohio yet...I will make that a post on its own. Maybe next week...until then. Love and prayers for you and yours always!

What happened?

Life I guess....

Many changes at once. Thank God for his blessings and challenges.

Baby ... Baby #3 is due in late November ... belly is growing and kids are enjoying weekly updates on how big is the baby now? (this week the size of a Lemon)

House ... on market ... has 'pending' contract ... need to deal with inspection repairs.

New house ... not yet, still looking ... only about 5 weeks in this one if everything goes smoothly.

My Work ... hiring ... moving lab (inspections) ... conference in San Francisco ... preparations for conference in Vancouver (service passport) ... new collaborations with Virginia Tech and Ohio State

Family ... my mom retiring ... my dad trying to 'wrap things up' ... sister moving to DC ... brother settled in Delaware, OH ... mini reunion for all of us over Memorial Day.

Kids... David's parents helped out with the kids over my S.F. trip (thanks!) ... more grandparent help planned the summer ... Samantha starts Kindergarten in mid-August (but where?) ... AJ will becoming a Leaping Frog soon (if this 3 year old ever learns to listen)

David's work... 1 more "Powertrip" to go ... then there's Sweden waiting for him ... then there is Australia ... new product is exceeding expectations!

I will blog again. I have been taking an enormous amount of photos this spring and I have so many to share of our 'Buddy' and 'Sweetheart'. My dear friends and family, please keep us in your prayers. We need them right now. This is a very challenging time.